“He’s a normal ball python,” he said, meaning his snake wasn’t genetically tricked out like the $100,000 variety. But it fit in his budget.

Ball pythons aren't venomous, and in any event, it's illegal on P.E.I. to own a poisonous snake or ones measuring longer than three metres. The humane society's new addition, a female, is about an ...

Ball pythons are popular pets and can live upwards of 30 years. The long lifespan can be too much for some owners to handle, leading a few to dump them illegally in parks and wilderness areas ...